RAF largest ever dual purpose aircraft, Voyager can carry 300 troops or 100.000 litres of fuel

Saturday, July 16th 2011 - 06:52 UTC

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The RAF’s largest ever aircraft, Voyager, has been flown by an RAF pilot at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford for its first public appearance. Fourteen Voyager aircraft and a complete support package are being provided to the RAF under a 27 year £10.5bn Private Finance Initiative contract signed with the AirTanker consortium. Read full article

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stick up your junta
Voyager is the airborne part of a flexible and cost effective whole-service contract which will enable the rapid movement of personnel around the world and provide unprecedented global reach to our combat aircraft.

No names,no Falklands :-)
Jul 16th, 2011 - 08:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Viscount Falkland
No Junta to stick it up :-))
Jul 16th, 2011 - 12:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Or, if they can get to a sufficiently long airstrip, 300 refugees out of the danger zone.
There is a paradoxical humanitarian dimension to military transport.
Jul 16th, 2011 - 08:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Artillero601
Nice plane !
Jul 17th, 2011 - 11:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
nice plane,
but we need more, not less
Jul 17th, 2011 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Artillero601
you need more for?
Jul 17th, 2011 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
to carry things, and fuel.
we always seem to end up with less and less.
that cost more and more.
Jul 17th, 2011 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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zethe
Thats the price of Technology briton.
Jul 18th, 2011 - 04:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Typhoon
This is excellent. Investigation shows that the Voyager can carry 300 troops and their personal equipment AND refuel other aircraft at the same time. Even better, it's range is actually 9,200 miles. So UK to the Falklands with no refuelling stops and refuelling the accompanying Typhoons at the same time. Just imagine, 14 Voyagers, 10 with troops, 4 with equipment. Transport of 3,000 troops and their equipment plus refuelling of 4 Typhoons per Voyager en route. Falklands reinforcement - 3,000 troops plus equipment plus 56 additional Typhoons, all in one go!
Jul 19th, 2011 - 01:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
well it sound good .
Jul 19th, 2011 - 06:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
Sounds great, like in Libya crying for help to the Americans.
Jul 20th, 2011 - 05:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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